Travel – Page 550

The return to the US of an estimated 3,000 passengers was delayed by the snowstorm that forced the closing of the JFK and Newark International airports. The passengers had to confront the frustrations of lack of information on their rescheduling plus long stays in the Puerto Plata and Las Americas airports. (2 January 2001)

Julius Erving, the star former NBA basketball player, spent Christmas in Casa de Campo, La Romana with his family. He said he came to play golf and relax. He arrived on a private flight into the new La Romana International Airport, according to the Listín Diario. Also spending Christmas in the DR was Nicky Lauda, …

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President Hipolito Mejía formally inaugurated the La Romana International Airport. The southeastern airport went up at a cost of RD$421 million. It is the most modern and technologically advanced in the DR. It replaces the Punta Aguila landing field within Casa de Campo. Tourists heading to Dominicus/Bayahibe, Juan Dolio, La Romana hotels, and residents in …

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In an interview for the Listín Diario, Ramón Prieto, president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association (Asonahores) wants the government to put a halt on permits for hotel construction in the DR. He said that the present hotel inventory would permit a 50% increase in the number of arrivals. He said that the new …

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The Ministry of Tourism presented the new directors of tourism offices in the United States and Canada. These are Mercedes Perelló, New York Tomás Otaño, Miami Leandro Reynoso, Chicago Amalia Morillo, Puerto Rico Diana Cruz, Montreal Rejane Cedeño, Toronto Linda Camarena, US Danny Dávila, North America, tourism counsel (14 December 2000)